O’Reilly: We are ready to kick on

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·2 May 2026

O’Reilly: We are ready to kick on

Nico O’Reilly says City are ready for a final push as the season edges towards a thrilling climax.

The Blues face Everton on Monday evening, looking to keep the pressure on leaders Arsenal.

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With five Premier League games and the FA Cup final against Chelsea to look forward to this month, O’Reilly says the team are focused and determined to give everything.

“We are feeling good, positive and ready for the last few weeks and we’re ready to kick on,” said O’Reilly.

“We have so many players in the dressing room that are more experienced and as leaders, they help the young and new players who maybe haven’t been in this situation before and it helps everybody.

“We’re confident in ourselves. There are still a few games to go, and it could go down to the last game.

“We’re going to try and win every game and score as much as we can. We’re going into every game trying to put a good performance in and win.

“We’re excited for the final few weeks.”

O’Reilly says he has thoroughly enjoyed the campaign to date but won’t be looking back on his progress until after the final game.

“With all the games and how intense it is, I don’t think there’s much time to reflect yet,” he said.

“I think that’s when we have time off – for now it’s about knuckling down, keep going, stay focused and try to keep winning.

“I’m enjoying every moment of [this season]. When I’m on the pitch, I try to do my best and help the team where I can.

“Whether it’s defending or scoring a goal, playing in the middle – whatever I can do to help the team, I’m happy with that.

“I like to try and play with freedom, show my ability and show what I can do.

“All my life, I’ve been a midfielder and have played in the middle, so I think playing as an inverted left-back has helped because I’ve been used to being in those positions.”

And on being an Academy poster boy for those trying to break through and follow in his footsteps, he added: “It helps the younger players out a lot – seeing the likes of me, Phil [Foden] and Rico [Lewis] in the first team, it shows them that there is a pathway and there’s a way to get into the first team.

“I think it’s very important – for me, I saw a few of the players a bit older than me do it and it gave me a lot of confidence.

“It helped me out a lot and hopefully it does the same for them.”